Personal information | |||
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Full name | Paul Warhurst | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1969 | ||
Place of birth | , England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
Playing position |
Defender / Midfielder / Forward |
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Youth career | |||
– | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1987–1988 | Manchester City | 0 | (0) |
1988–1991 | Oldham Athletic | 67 | (2) |
1991–1993 | Sheffield Wednesday | 88 | (18) |
1993–1997 | Blackburn Rovers | 57 | (4) |
1997–1998 | Crystal Palace | 27 | (4) |
1998–2003 | Bolton Wanderers | 91 | (0) |
2003 | → Stoke City (loan) | 5 | (1) |
2003 | Chesterfield | 4 | (0) |
2003 | Barnsley | 4 | (0) |
2004 | Carlisle United | 1 | (0) |
2004 | Grimsby Town | 7 | (0) |
2004 | Blackpool | 4 | (0) |
2005 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | (2) |
2005 | Wrexham | 11 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Barnet | 28 | (0) |
2007 | Northwich Victoria | 2 | (0) |
Total | 380 | (20) | |
National team | |||
1990–1991 | England U21 | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2007 | Northwich Victoria (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Paul Warhurst (born 26 September 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender, midfielder or as a makeshift striker from 1987 to 2007.
Warhurst notably played for Blackburn Rovers and was part of the club's Premier League winning squad of 1995. Before that he had experienced relative success with Sheffield Wednesday, reaching several cup finals. He also featured for Manchester City, Oldham Athletic, Crystal Palace, Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City, Chesterfield, Barnsley, Carlisle United, Grimsby Town, Blackpool, Forest Green Rovers, Wrexham and Barnet before finishing his career with a brief stint at Northwich Victoria. Throughout his career he represented 16 different clubs and in his later years he was regarded as one of the quintessential journeymen of English football.
Warhurst began his career as a trainee at Manchester City in 1988, he was added to the club's first team squad at the beginning of the 1988–89 season, but by October he found himself frozen out of the squad and he was sold.